Tag: "intimacy" at medical news

Loss of Virginity Could Prove Traumatic If Relationship Falls Apart Subsequently

...nce of depression, as does a lack of commitment or intimacy within the relationship and what happens to the relationship after first-time sex," said Meier. "For girls in uncommitted relationships, ending a relationship with sex has more of an impact on mental health than ending that same relationship if it di...

Love Drug may Help to Bridge the Gap Between the Couples

... and at childbirth. It helps sexual partners build intimacy and seals the bond between mother and child. There is also a generic drug by the same name. University of New South Wales (NSW) psychologist Adam Guastella is administering oxytocin through a nasal spray during some marriage guidance counseling ses...

Sex After Cancer

...he results of their research into communication of intimacy and sexual changes following cancer are published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Hordern and Prof Street found patients want open, supportive and practical communication about adjusting to intimate and sexual changes after cancer, b...

Women's Sex Lives Mediocre

...ifficulty achieving orgasm, and bodily pain during intimacy – are often firmly rooted in the psyche; ? Why so many American women of all ages and orientation are willing to settle for mediocre sex; ? How a woman’s attitude toward motherhood can upset her biological and psychological stability enough to dimi...

Indore Surgeon Offers New Hope for Erectile Dysfunction

...as discharged from hospital in 10 days and allowed intimacy with his wife after 21 days. I repeated the colour Doppler test after three months of the operation and found the blood circulation in affected parts absolutely normal," Agarwal claimed. On making the disclosure three months after the operation, h...

Sexual Attitudes Help Explain Narcissists’ Relationship Problem

...hysical pleasure, rather than increasing emotional intimacy with their partner, he said. In the second study, which involved only undergraduates who were in a romantic relationship, those with high narcissism scores expressed considerably low commitment to their partner. Typically, males are more narcissi...

Weight Loss and Intimacy -- A Search for Self

...agement Center in Houston, quickly points out that intimacy is not sex. Intimacy is sensuality, sexuality, love and wishing good will on another. Rapini knows her patients are undergoing an enormous change—one that affects every aspect of their lives. Intimacy therapy is critical for most patients who under...

India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas

...ated at the convention that, “Aids is a disease of intimacy and has a lot to do with things that are personal, such as sex and death. The local-level bodies are the closest to the people, hence their cooperation is very important.” Mr Broun further explained that the experiment of using mayors and leaders of ...

South Africans Turn to Natural Remedies for Treating Erectile Dysfunction

...y are sure their sexual partners are available for intimacy and when they are close to home. (Source: DPA/IANS)...

Bad Gossiping Can Have A Positive Side

...s,// the study says that it may create or increase intimacy between two people. In the study, published in the June issue of the journal Personal Relationships, researchers have found that the negative attitudes that are frequently shared among friends and can even promote friendships among strangers, repor...

Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive Based on Sperm Block Underway

...t other methods are clumsy and ruin the moments of intimacy we have together. Something like this could be really appealing.’ The news about the IVD comes on the heels of the announcement that RISUG, a vas deferens-based male contraceptive developed in India, will resume trials in men. RISUG has been shown ...

HIV Infection Rates on the Rise in Victoria

...erring sex without condoms for the reasons such as intimacy and sensation. Engaging in unprotected sex to build trust and intimacy in a budding relationship led some men in Slavin's study to infection. Greg Iverson, from People ...

Sex a commonplace in Chinese life

...te 1970s. Before this young lovers could only show intimacy to each other in public by grasping each other's hand. At that time, men and women were denounced as living a profligate life if they were involved in sexual scandals. People who had premarital sex were fired by their work units if their affairs were...

Proper Validation of Generic Drugs Could Save Millions of AIDS Patients

...y sell drugs to their own government, fostering an intimacy between manufacturers and governments. A system of drug monitoring of generic drugs is required, by which a network of clinical laboratory is to be linked to the generic drugs for its testing and validation before marketing of the product similar t...

A Loving Relationship Found To Improve Heart Health

...eart attack. The researchers studied the degree of intimacy in close relationships rather than the number of contacts.The study revealed that having a shoulder to lean on carries significant potential to help prevent a second heart attack, and maybe even a first heart attack...

Marriage does good for Diabetics

...life at follow-up. Patients who had high levels of intimacy with their partner were more likely to report greater satisfaction with their diabetes regimen at the two-year follow-up. Those who reported better marital adjustment were also more satisfied with their diabetes regimen. Authors of the study conclud...

Breast milk is essential

...itive development," they said. They added that the intimacy of breast-feeding may be important as well as the nutrients in breast milk. Their report said biologically active peptides in human milk may influence brain growth as well as the high levels of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids....

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